Bible Verses

I lifted my eyes and saw this: a man dressed in linen with a belt of pure gold around his waist.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I stood on the bank of the Tigris River,

I ate no rich food, drank no wine, and did not perfume myself for three weeks.

At that time, I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks.

The Terrible Vision In the third year of Cyrus’s reign, king of Persia, God delivered a message to Daniel, who was renamed Belteshazzar. This message concerned faithfulness and great suffering. Daniel heeded these words and the subsequent vision:

He will impose his law on most of the people for a week. By mid-week, he will stop the sacrifices and offerings. The destroyer will place the vile idol in the temple until the ruin decreed by God comes upon the destroyer.

After the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off; the city and the temple will be destroyed by the people of a king who will come. They will be carried away, as if by a flood. Until the end, there will be wars and disasters that God has decreed.

Understand this: From the time the order to rebuild Jerusalem is given, until an anointed leader comes, there will be seven weeks. Then, in sixty-two weeks, the walls and squares will be rebuilt, but during a difficult time.

Seventy weeks are appointed for your people and your holy city —to end transgression, to put sin under control, to erase the offense, and to bring everlasting justice— so that the visions and prophecies will be fulfilled and the Holy of Holies will be anointed.

As you were praying, a word was spoken, and I have come to teach it to you because God loves you. Pay attention to this word and understand the vision: